{"id":1204079,"date":"2022-09-14T10:23:09","date_gmt":"2022-09-14T10:23:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/09\/14\/aviation-security-officer-interdicted-salary-reduced-for-pre-boarding-search-of-national-security-minister\/"},"modified":"2022-09-14T10:23:09","modified_gmt":"2022-09-14T10:23:09","slug":"aviation-security-officer-interdicted-salary-reduced-for-pre-boarding-search-of-national-security-minister","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/09\/14\/aviation-security-officer-interdicted-salary-reduced-for-pre-boarding-search-of-national-security-minister\/","title":{"rendered":"Aviation security officer interdicted; salary reduced for pre-boarding search of National Security Minister"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"article-text\">\n<p>A security officer at the Ghana Airports Company Limited (GACL) has been interdicted for conducting a pre-boarding search on National Security Minister.<\/p>\n<p>In a letter dated September 8, GACL explained that Awudu Basit\u2019s search of Albert Kan-Dapaah at the VVIP Lounge at the Kumasi Airport was embarrassing.<\/p>\n<p>The Company also noted that the search created a \u201cnegative impression\u201d for it.<\/p>\n<p>As a result, the management of the GACL said it has commenced investigations into the matter.<\/p>\n<p>During the period of Mr Basit\u2019s interdiction, he will be expected to receive only two-thirds of his salary, the company added.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou were assigned to perform airside patrol duties at the Kumasi Airport on 8th September 2022 and you saw the Minister of National Security emerging from the VVIP Lounge to board Africa World Airline flight at about 14: 30 hours.<\/p>\n<p>It is reported that you approached the Hon. Minister and demanded to conduct pre-boarding search on him in the open frontage of the VVIP Lounge which ended up embarrassing the Hon. Minister.<\/p>\n<p>In view of the negative impression it cast on the company\u2019s image and integrity, Management has decided to thoroughly investigate the circumstances leading to this incident\u201d, portions of the statement clarified.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"730\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Ghana-Airports-Company-Interdiction-730x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"Aviation security officer interdicted; salary reduced for pre-boarding search of National Security Minister\" class=\"wp-image-10032170601 lazy\"  data- title=\"Aviation security officer interdicted; salary reduced for pre-boarding search of National Security Minister\"\/><figcaption>The Ghana Airport Company\u2019s  letter of interdiction of Mr Awudu Basit<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>The statement continued, \u201cIn line with Article 17(e) of the Collective Agreement, we notify you of your INTERDICTION from Friday, September 9, 2022 pending the completion of investigations into the matter\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe advise that you shall be paid two-thirds (2\/3) of your salary during the period of interdiction\u201d, the statement concluded.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Basit\u2019s letter of interdiction was signed by the company\u2019s officer in charge of human capital and officer service, R. S. Tagoe.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, some netizens have expressed their sentiments about the interdiction.<\/p>\n<p>According to them, the National Security Minister is not above the law, and therefore he is not beyond a search.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fdzifa.gunu%2Fposts%2Fpfbid0kLvSFvj71hovZv5jzyRW1LTeuJ2JnE2VsVZkvFd9zCK5dUUdeNXMkTcjWqcAMimul&#038;show_text=true&#038;width=500\" width=\"500\" height=\"641\" style=\"border:none;overflow:hidden\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; picture-in-picture; web-share\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Others have however criticised the said officer, but condemned the resultant interdiction.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"601\" height=\"548\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Interdiction-reactions.png\" alt=\"Aviation security officer interdicted; salary reduced for pre-boarding search of National Security Minister\" class=\"wp-image-10032170624 lazy\"  data- title=\"Aviation security officer interdicted; salary reduced for pre-boarding search of National Security Minister\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A security officer at the Ghana Airports Company Limited (GACL) has been interdicted for conducting a pre-boarding search on National Security Minister. In a letter dated September 8, GACL explained that Awudu Basit\u2019s search of Albert Kan-Dapaah at the VVIP Lounge at the Kumasi Airport was embarrassing. The Company also noted that the search created [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1204080,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[187],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1204079","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-politics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1204079","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1204079"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1204079\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1204079"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1204079"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1204079"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}